Container for dispensing powder



CONTAINER FOR DISPENSING POWDER Filed Aug. 30, 1934 Patented Dec. 31, 1935 l UNITED s'rArss PATENT OFFICE comma roa DISPENSING rownna John Coyle, Baltimore, m, assignor to Continental Can Company, Inc.', New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application August 30, 1934, Serial No. 742,182 '1 Claim. (Cl. 221.98)

The invent-ion relates to new and useful iminwardly between said cuts and said upper edge provements in a container for dispensing powto form semicircular measuring pockets 8, which dered materials and more particularly tooth open into the interior of the container as indipowder. cated at ill for receiving predetermined amounts An object of the invention is to provide a conof powder therefrom.

tainer having a measuring compartment from A closure Ii is provided for the neck having which thecontents may be dispensed when said a depending portion i2 which conforms to the container is in substantially a horizontal position. exterior thereoi and forms the outer wall forthe A further object of the invention is to provide measuring pockets. The closure i l is mounted o a container of the above type wherein the dis-- free to rotate about the neck and is retained pensing opening is of sunlcient length to dredge thereon by the spinning of the lower edge I! the entire brush. thereof into a suitable circumferential groove it These and other objects of the invention will in the neck. A suitable hand grip for turning the in part be obvious and will be hereinafter more same is provided by the knurling of the upper end 5 fully disclosed. as indicated at it. A slot II is made in the de- Referring to the drawingpending portion if of the closure for the neck Figure l is a view inside elevation of the conwhich is adapted to be turned into registry with tainer; one of the pockets 9 for dispensing the contents Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same: thereof.

:0. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the con- While four receiving pockets have been shown tainer; I in the drawing, one would serve the purpose iust Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line H as well. The advantage of four pockets being of Fig. 3. 7 only in the shorter distance the closure would The invention broadly relates to a metal tooth necessarily have to be turned to uncover a pocket.

5 powder dispensingcontainer. The body portion It will be obvious'that minor changes in the of the container is preferably cylindrical'in shape details of construction and the shaping of the and has a reduced cylindrical neck portion atparts may be made without departing from the tached to one end thereof. This neck portion is spirit of the invention as set forth in the approvided with a plurality of inset sections each pended claims.

0 forming a pocket to receive a predetermined Having thus described the invention, what I amount of powder when the container is inverted. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters A rotatable closure is provided for the neck which Patent isconforms to the exterior thereof and forms the A metal dispensing container comprising a outer wall of the measuring pocket. This closure body, an end secured to said body and having a I has a slot therein which is adapted to be turned cylindrical projecting neck portion, said neck into registry with said pocket for dispensing the being out along a line parallel to the upper edge contents thereof. All of the parts of the imthereof and the metal between said cut'and said proved container maybe die-shaped which is very upper edge being curved inwardly to form 'a cheap in manufacture and simple to assemble. pocket opening at its lower end into the con- D Referring more in-detail to the drawing, the tainer, whereby said pocket will be illled with 40 improved container includes a body portion I powder when said container is inverted, and a made in the usual manner of metal. Attached closure having a depending portion conforming to the body portion at one end thereof is a dometo the exterior of said neck and forming the outer shaped portion t which terminates into a reduced wail of said pocket, said closure being rotatably v I cylindrical neck portion I. The neck portion 1 secured to said neck portion and having a slot.

is provided with one or more inset sections 0. adapted tobe turned into register withsaidpocket The sections I are formed by cutting the neck at for dispensing the contents thereof. uniformly spaced intervals along a line parallel to the upper edge thereof and bending the metal JOHN com. 

